Wikipedia (3 Sep 2010):Henry Lee III (29 January 1756 - 25 March 1818) was an early American patriot who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. During the American Revolution, Lee served as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army and earned the name Light-Horse Harry[1][2]. He was also the father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.Life and career:Lee was born near Dumfries, Virginia, the son of Henry Lee II (1730-1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734-1792) the "Lowland Beauty." His father was the second cousin of Richard Henry Lee, sixth President of the Continental Congress. His mother was an aunt of the wife of Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson Jr. His great-grandmother Mary Bland was a great-aunt of President Thomas Jefferson and he descended once from King John of England, twice from King Edward I of England, once from King Jean de Brienne of Jerusalem, twice from King Edward III of England and once from King Pedro I of Castile.[3][4]